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Your resume is like a master key to an important door – the door to a fulfilling career. Only when you improve your resume will your job search become truly fruitful and do you stand a better chance of ending up with a career suitable for your level of education and experience.

You need to craft your resume in a skillful way because you will struggle to get to interview without one, let alone to a job. But what are the key features of a good resume?

Finding a new job is incredibly difficult, particularly while we are still going through difficult economic times. Indeed, the economy is recovering and jobs are being created, but the reality remains that far more people apply for the same job as they did several years ago.

This means that where once we had to stand out during an interview, we now have to stand out in our resume. Hopefully, the following hints and tips will help you to build a killer resume, helping you to get your foot in the door.

Your resume is your brand. It is your opportunity to introduce yourself to someone you have not yet met. Essentially, it is a piece of paper that will leave a first impression on someone who you hope will hire you, and we all know that you only get one chance to make a first impression. This means the pressure is on you to make something really good out of it.

There are various “rules” that people say you should stick to in terms of presentation of your resume, but what really works? What are some of the must do – and must not do – things when it comes to writing this important document?